When friends urged me to read Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Game, the pitch that sold me was this one: “Children are trained to play wargame simulations, which turn out to be actual remote-control combat. This book is about the main character discovering this, and coming to terms with the morality of it.” Which, if you’ve [...]
There’s a lot going on in Gabrielle-Edits-Land. I’m working on several manuscripts for several different publishers, putting the finishing touches on my next anthology, cementing travel plans for June, and apparently buying a house (!). The news is coming too quickly to be able to devote separate posts to it all, so here’s a sum-up [...]
I don’t have any children, so I’ve never been the parent of an honors child. But, I’ve been an acquiring editor for a while now, and I think the pride and joy I feel when one of my book-children does well are probably the same buzz that a parent gets when a child wins some [...]
“A perfect example of how an anthology of stories should work…” –Andrew Jack Our first review, and it’s a fantastic one! See the full review… If you’re a book blogger or reviewer and you’d like an e-copy of When the Hero Comes Home to review, please drop me a line through the contact link above [...]
Lots of activity this week, all regarding books and projects I’m involved with. * Publishers Weekly calls Erin Hoffman’s SWORD OF FIRE AND SEA (Chaos Knight Book 1) a “likeable high seas fantasy adventure debut.” I edited this book for Pyr, and had the pleasure of hanging out with Erin this past weekend at Norwescon. [...]
